HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of March 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Lifesprk, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12960, row:4099)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lifesprk, reported that two of its employees were victims of an email phishing scheme that affected that protected health information (PHI) of 9,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns. The CE also offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employees, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.